What are you running towards?
May. 29th, 2003 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamlingLast night, after a mentally trying day, I was a bit down.
I tried to figure out what would make me feel better, was it food? Chocolate? Video games? Socializing? None of those options really appealed to me. I was in a funk, heading towards deep funk.
So instead of just listlessly moping, or running out to the store to buy things I shouldn't eat, I put in that Method Pilates DVD that I've been doing on and off the last month. The DVD is really a nice mix of Pilates, Yoga and Dance moves. The stretching portion always seems to make me feel better, though usually that's all I have time or endurance for.
And you know what? It did! and after the stretching portion(15min), I did the cross-training section(35min), and about 15 min of the Centering section (abs and breathing). That's quite a bit of exercise to pop-up spur of the moment. I used soup cans for weights, because who knows where my 8pounders are anyway. But they worked for everything except the exercise where you need to put both weights in one hand. And by the end of it all, I felt much much better.
Sometime within the middle of actually enjoying the cross-training, I had the strangest thought.
Would I ever be able to run a marathon? My father once ran in the Boston Marathon. My brother never liked long distance running, though he really enjoyed the short races. I'm curious if somewhere within my genetic and emotional makeup there are the abilities to run like my father used to. He used to really love running.
I don't think these thoughts will create any immediate action, but as I continue to reshape my body and eat better, it's an interesting thing to keep in mind. And perhaps, if not long distance races, some dancing lessons could be in order.
I tried to figure out what would make me feel better, was it food? Chocolate? Video games? Socializing? None of those options really appealed to me. I was in a funk, heading towards deep funk.
So instead of just listlessly moping, or running out to the store to buy things I shouldn't eat, I put in that Method Pilates DVD that I've been doing on and off the last month. The DVD is really a nice mix of Pilates, Yoga and Dance moves. The stretching portion always seems to make me feel better, though usually that's all I have time or endurance for.
And you know what? It did! and after the stretching portion(15min), I did the cross-training section(35min), and about 15 min of the Centering section (abs and breathing). That's quite a bit of exercise to pop-up spur of the moment. I used soup cans for weights, because who knows where my 8pounders are anyway. But they worked for everything except the exercise where you need to put both weights in one hand. And by the end of it all, I felt much much better.
Sometime within the middle of actually enjoying the cross-training, I had the strangest thought.
Would I ever be able to run a marathon? My father once ran in the Boston Marathon. My brother never liked long distance running, though he really enjoyed the short races. I'm curious if somewhere within my genetic and emotional makeup there are the abilities to run like my father used to. He used to really love running.
I don't think these thoughts will create any immediate action, but as I continue to reshape my body and eat better, it's an interesting thing to keep in mind. And perhaps, if not long distance races, some dancing lessons could be in order.
